Monday, February 6, 2012

Patriots Super Bowl

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Eli Manning engineered the last-minute touchdown to give New York the lead, then started celebrating as Tom Brady's desperation pass hit the ground in the last act of the Super Bowl.

(YAHOO!)

INDIANAPOLIS -- The New England Patriots were especially sad about their Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants on Sunday because a victory would have meant so much to owner Robert Kraft, whose wife, Myra, died of cancer in July.

(San Jose Mercury News)

INDIANAPOLIS — John Mara stood on the sideline, confetti strewn around his feet as he waited for a live television shot to begin.

(NJ.com)

For the second time in five years, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots have lost to Eli Manning and the New York Giants in the Super Bowl. 17-14 Giants over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. 21-17 Giants over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI.

(Bleacherreport.com)

INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Manning already has vacation plans — with a mouse.

(New York Daily News)

INDIANAPOLIS — Robert Kraft stared at the scoreboard, to see if time really had run out. It had. In a game that meant so much, his New England Patriots had come up a fingertip or two short.

(Huffington Post)

It was no shock, not even a mild surprise, that Rodney Harrison — with Dan Patrick — opened NBC's Super Bowl XLVI pregame show in the Patriots locker room. It seemed totally appropriate.

(New York Daily News)

INDIANAPOLIS -- David Tyree has company.

(Detroit Free Press)

(CNN) -- Triumphing in a thriller, quarterback Eli Manning led the New York Giants on Sunday to their second Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots in four years.